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  • "218 million Words With Friends Players Lose Data to Hackers"

    It has been discovered that Words With Friends, Zynga’s popular multiplayer crossword-style game has been affected by a breach.  The hacker/hacker group named GnosticPlayers had gotten access to details on more than 218 million users.…

  • "Research Aims to Help Social Media Users Secure Their Information"

    Researchers at the University of North Georgia (UNG) are working on developing tools aimed at helping Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram users protect their sensitive data. Dr. Ahmad Ghafarian and three UNG students are performing experiments in which the…

  • "Iranian Hackers Targeted a U.S. Presidential Campaign, Microsoft Says"

    Researchers from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center discovered more than 2,000 attempts supposedly made by Iranian hackers to compromise email accounts associated with a U.S. presidential campaign, government officials, journalists, and prominent…

  • "Intel Proposes New SAPM Memory Type to Protect Against Spectre-Like Attacks"

    Intel recently published a paper in which details about a new type of computer memory were shared. The new type of CPU memory, called Speculative-Access Protected Memory (SAPM), was designed to protect against Spectre, Meltdown, Zombieload, and other…

  • "Alabama Hospitals Pay Out in Ransomware Attack Amid FBI Warning of More to Come"

    It has been discovered that Alabama-based DCH Health System paid off the hackers behind a ransomware attack that severely disrupted operations at three hospitals.  The specific ransomware variant involved in the attack is called Ryuk.…

  • "How Kids Get into Hacking"

    A new study conducted by researchers from Michigan State University explores the characteristics and gender-specific behaviors that lead kids to juvenile hacking. Research has focused on the scope and threat posed by hacking. However, there is a lack of…

  • "URGENT/11: FDA Issues Alert for Cyber Vulnerability That Threatens Medical Devices, Networks"

    An alert has been issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for healthcare organizations, IT professionals, device manufacturers, and patients pertaining to a collection of security vulnerabilities, called URGENT/11, that affect connected…

  • "Blind Spots in AI Just Might Help Protect Your Privacy"

    Significant advancements have been made in machine learning (ML) as this technology has helped in detecting cancer and predicting personal traits. ML technology has also enabled self-driving cars and highly accurate facial recognition. However, ML models…

  • "WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Compromise Android Smartphones"

    Some new research has revealed that WhatsApp has a remote code execution (RCE) flaw.  This flaw could be used to compromise not only the app but the mobile device the app is running on.  The critical issue (CVE-2019-11932) affects…

  • "Alabama Hospitals Forced to Close After Ransomware Attack"

    Healthcare organizations are increasingly being targeted in ransomware attacks as indicated by recent attacks on hospitals in Alabama, Ohio, West Virginia, and the Australian state of Victoria. One recent ransomware attack has resulted in the closure of…

  • "Magecart Web Skimming Group Targets Public Hotspots and Mobile Users"

    Magecart is composed of multiple sophisticated hacking groups aimed at stealing credit card numbers through the performance of web-based card-skimming attacks. Security researchers from IBM's X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services team have…

  • "Preventing Manipulation in Automated Face Recognition"

    The adoption and implementation of automated face recognition continues to increase. However, this method of authentication remains vulnerable to morphing attacks in which different facial images are merged together to create a fake image. A photo stored…